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[………] Dragons

{……………} Immortalis (tongue of the true immortals)

Dragonsroost

     Leila sat on the edge of Emrys and Mya's bed, projecting waves of love and comfort, and the feeling of being home, to stop them panicking when they awoke. Unfortunately the time on the edge of consciousness is the period of greatest vulnerability to nightmares … or visions. Leila could only watch in growing horror as first Emrys and then Mya was dragged into the nightmares the like that none should be forced to witness.

     The two young silver dragons aware of their bondeds' distress, snapped awake and began to croon. Then their human counterparts materialized and blended with the two sleeping mages, who calmed almost immediately. As the dragons' human forms reappeared they spoke almost too quietly to hear. "Scream a little dream for me, ye who dares only attack a sleeping child. Scream a little dream of Crucio and Imperious ye who try to hurt our bonded."

     Emrys awoke first, shortly followed by Mya. They struggled to sit up so Leila just enchanted the pillows to fluff up slowly, holding them in an upright position.

     "Where are we? Who are you?" Emrys spoke quietly, her voice still raw from screaming. Leila began as if to speak but Emrys' dragon interrupted.

     [She is Leila, the lore mistress. I suggest you respect her child. As to where you are this is Dragonsroost, and you are in the mage's quarters. Mya tell me what you can about the mythical dragons]

"When the child mage is forced to fight,

Then the true dragons will take flight.

The silver dragon will find her mage

And with her flight shall usher in a new age.

That was the only reference I ever found – and that was in the depths of the restricted section at Hogwarts, Lady Ash."

     Ash chuckled quietly as only a dragon is capable of doing. [Axsis how come you got the bookworm? It's not fair! Anyway, well done child for finding that much out. The last time we flew was just over a millennia ago when Rowena was forced into battle against a dark lord, who allied himself with Orannis, at the age of eleven. She ended up founding Hogwarts with her lore mistress and her flight commanders after the dark lord of her times second major defeat. Before you ask, Salzaar went dark after his dragon was destroyed he hid it for a while, even stayed at the school but he was later driven out when they realised what had happened. When Salzaar became the next dark lord Godric insisted he face him in a wizard's duel over Rowena's honour but the duel was fatal to both of them. Rowena was forced to bury both of her beloveds. Soon after that her dragon laid its clutch and she gave birth to twin girls one fathered by Godric, the other Salzaar. All three of them had other heirs, so using her own blood she invoked a truly ancient spell to transport her daughters to the next age they would need the flight, for both daughters would be powerful enough, born of a dragon queen and her flight commanders. We have broken part of the spell but we will need her library at Hogwarts to remove the rest]

     "What about that wretched prophecy Ash? The one that drove Voldermort to attack me, and Dumbledore to defend me and the world to call me the boy-who-lived?" Emrys asked her dragon, curiosity etched across his face.

     [Blame Rowena. It's a family thing – because she was a mage and the dragon queen, she was immune to the killing curse. In fact the only way to definitely kill a dragon queen mage is decapitation of both dragon and mage, though curses hurt, and the killing curse is a nightmare. You can however kill yourself with one of the 'Mater' spells to protect your children, which is how Rowena died. Anyway the prophecy…

the true heirs of the raven, the snake and the lion, twin girls who are destined to ride the dragons … the snake's daughter to know she is an orphan but think he is the lily's flower … the lion's daughter, her mother's child in temperament shall be raised mundane … they break all the rules … never before have two queens emerged at once … the snake's daughter guarded by the lily and the stag, loved by the wolf and the grim and betrayed by the rat … shall battle snake's bastard heir with her twin and their flights … and they are the only chance the light has to defeat Orannis new ally … and with their flight shall usher in a new age if they succeed …

both Dumbledore and Voldermort only know bits of the prophecy … Voldermort only think one child is involved for some strange reason, and Dumbledore doesn't remember it all for Hogwarts protects its heirs and the prophecy was made on school grounds]

Elsewhere

     Draco shot upright in his bed, as he felt the removal of half a dozen curses he didn't even know had been placed on him. He checked off what had been removed

Mentally. His first thought was to blame the golden trio, but then his unique talents kicked in and he recognised both his father's magical signature and the nature of the curses in place. Dressing quickly, he burrowed under his bed for the Gringotts key his mother had given him before she died of 'natural' causes. Thinking back to what she said

"It is a tradition in my family child to take your firstborn to a seer. If he is the destined one any seer, even one with next to no sight will tell the mother the prophecy. When i took you a prophecy was spoken.

you would be surprised what blood hides in his veins … destined to ride a dragon … to battle Orannis beside the twin daughters of the raven and his spiritual father … he will be dragged into the darkness but the lore mistress will give him the key … let him speak with true emotion and he shall be free …"

Quietly vowing revenge he armed himself with the sword mother had given him and focusing on his disgust and hatred of all that his father and his kind stood for spoke the words "scream a little dream of me". A cloud of dust spun around him and he vanished from the manor.

Hogwarts

     "It is time." Severus exited Dumbledore's office and stalked quickly down to the dungeons and entered his quarters. Working with utmost speed and care, he loaded all of his personal possessions into crates and labelled them for Albus to deal with. Returning to his closet he took down the wards surrounding the hiding place of the items he had received from his mother just before her death. There was a small bundle of clothing, a potion bottle and two letters.

     Recalling the specific instructions she had given him, he mixed the potion with a vial of phoenix tears and a shot of fire whiskey, and downed it in one. Lying on the bed he analysed the substance he had just drunk as it took affect and was quite astonished as he realised what the potion was - one of Helga's rather unique potions from the founding. Only one of heirs could brew it with ingredients from her personal garden and using her wand could create it.
The effects of said potion were rather sort after as well. It was a true de-aging potion mixed with a glamour remover. When said potion had finished altering him, Severus changed into the clothes his mother had left him and fixed his sword and daggers in place and spoke the words, focusing on his desire to do maximum damage to Voldermort. "scream a little dream of me" he vanished in a cloud of dust.